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September 26, 2007
Delaware -- Could the First State be the First in Offshore Wind Power?
Prof. Willett Kempton, College of Marine and Earth Studies, Univ. of Delaware
Delaware is in the news with its proposal for an offshore wind farm. If implemented it could be the first in the U.S. Come find out more about wind power and its capabilities for this area and how it compares with the controversial proposal for an offshore wind facility in New England. (U. of Del. photos) Wind over the ocean generally moves faster and is less turbulent than wind over land. This makes the ocean an excellent location for placement of wind turbines to produce electricity. Prof. Kempton will review the technology, resource assessment, and use of wind-generated electricity, as well as discuss the environmental impacts. At the University of Delaware they have refined and developed methods for assessing the amount of offshore wind power available, based on current and prototyped wind technology. They have found that the exploitable resource of the near-shore Atlantic is 330,000 MW (average power output), which is over four times the 73,000 MW average electrical load. |
 Professor Willett Kempton is an Associate Professor in the College of Marine and Earth Studies at the University of Delaware. His education combines electrical engineering, computer science and cognitive anthropology. He received his bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Virginia and his Ph.D. in Anthropology at the University of Texas, Austin. Following his Ph.D., he conducted postdoctoral research in Quantitative Anthropology and Public Policy at University of California, Berkeley. His 35-year research career has produced 5 books and 60 peer-reviewed articles on topics including energy systems, conservation behavior, technology policy, and U.S. public environmental beliefs and values. Professor Kempton's current interests are (1) electric vehicles for vehicle to grid (V2G) power and (2) offshore wind power (more information, still more information).
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Time: 6:00 PM - Social Hour - cash bar
7:00 - Dinner
8:00 - Prof. Kempton: "Offshore Wind Power"
Location: DuPont Country Club
1001 Rockland Road, Wilmington DE 19803
Phone: 302-654-4435
DuPont CC Web site
Directions - see note below
Cost: $35 for Dues-paying Club members & their guests
$45 for non-members
$25 for Young Alumni members ('98 or later)
$35 for Young Alumni non-members ('98 or later)
Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection (by Sunday Sept. 23):
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=15622&groupID=158
For Questions: John Gavenonis, 302-655-7705
e-mail: jgaveno@alum.mit.edu
DIRECTIONS:
New Roads lead from I-95 and Rt. 202 to the DuPont Country Club in north Wilmington. Check the latest directions posted by the DCC at: http://www.dupontcountryclub.com/files/DCCDirections%28Updated%29.doc .
Posted by webmaster at September 26, 2007 06:00 PM